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if google didn't correlate analytics data from multiple sources, it would be about as informative as a local piwik install, which is to say "not much". Perhaps
by beagle3 10y ago
if google didn't correlate analytics data from multiple sources, it would be about as informative as a local piwik install, which is to say "not much".
Perhaps they don't "use" it directly, but surely they use it to improve their statistical profile of the specific users? Does anyone know if the GA cookie sent by brew is same or correlated with the one in the browser?
- missblit 10y agoFrom the source code it looks like brew uses a UUID generated locally (e.g. from a source like /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid). I don't see how it could be correlated with anything in the browser. In terms of the analytics URL they set the client-ID, which indicates a "particular instance of an application install": https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/protocol/v1/parameters#cid https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection...